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A SATSUMA DISH
By Suizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the centre with a large square panel
enclosing women and children gathered at a thatched house on a
lakeshore, a young girl seated at the edge of the veranda conversing
with a female servant, a tenugui (hand towel) hung above them,
the oldest woman of the group admiring the flowering irises in the
foreground with her grandchildren, all reserved on a dense ground of
brocade, chrysanthemums, and prunus; signed on the base with a
large seal Suizan beneath the Satsuma mon (crest).
25.1cm (9 7/8in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000

Provenance:
An English private collection acquired mainly during the 1960s and 1970s.
220*
A SATSUMA CIRCULAR PLATE
By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt with a winding procession depicting
retainers and attendants belonging to the household of the Tokugawa
shogun as inscribed in the banner in the foreground, Tokugawa joshi
joraku, carrying all their paraphernalia en route to the Emperor’s
palace in Kyoto, bordered within a narrow band of shippo-tsunagi
(linked cash) and geometric motifs; signed on the underside with seal
Kinkozan. 27cm (10 5/8in) diam.
£1,500 - 1,800
JPY230,000 - 270,000
US$2,000 - 2,500
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TWO SATSUMA VESSELS
One by Kinkozan and one by painted by Tsunemitsu for the Kinkoku
Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each decorated in enamels and gilt, the first a dish with an autumnal
outdoor scene of a mother and child in a garden, the woman carrying
an insect cage whilst her son searches for the dragonflies on the
blades of windswept grasses, signed on the reverse Kinkozan
on a swirling brocade, 20.6cm (8 1/16in); the second a globular
compressed koro (incense burner) and cover, raised on three shishi-
tongue feet, decorated around the body with panels of warriors on
horseback or in combat, the cover pierced and surmounted by a finial
in the form of a seated shishi (Chinese mythical lion); signed on the
base Dai Nippon Satsuma no kuni, Kinkoku saku Tsunemitsu with a
seal; 12cm (4¾in) high. (3).
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400
222*

A SATSUMA CYLINDRICAL PEAR-SHAPED VASE
The vase by Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century, the mount: European, 19th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous design of four carp
swimming among aquatic grasses and reeds, the foot fixed to an 222
ornate circular gilt mount; the foot signed with seal Kinkozan.
41.3cm (16¼in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,700

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